gee (plural gees) 1  The name of the Latin-script letter G/g. ( 2 slang) Abbreviation of grand; a thousand dollars. ten gees. ( 3 physics) Abbreviation of gravity; the unit of acceleration equal to that exerted by gravity at the earth's surface. ( US, slang) A guy.
Founded in 1963, it grew to be the second-largest long-distance provider in the U.S. It was purchased by WorldCom in 1998 and became MCI WorldCom, with the name afterwards being shortened to WorldCom in 2000. WorldCom's financial scandals and bankruptcy led that company to change its name in 2003 to MCI Inc. The MCI name disappeared in January 2006 after the company was bought by Verizon.
In May 2000, WPP agreed to acquire the United States-based advertising company Young & Rubicam for $5.7 billion, in what was at the time the largest ever takeover in the advertising sector. The takeover made WPP the largest advertising company in the world measured by billings and revenue, overtaking Omnicom Group and Interpublic. In 2006, WPP took over majority share of China's largest field marketing and brand activation agency, Always Marketing.